Janet van Zoeren

Janet is part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program and specializes in fruit pest management. Her research and extension priorities include insect pest management, disease management, weed control, viruses, pollination, and pesticide legislation and application.

Janet grew up in the "cherry capital" of Traverse City, Michigan, and worked on a cherry orchard in high school. After having worked on several diversified vegetables, fruit, nut, and poultry farms, she went to the University of Wisconsin to get a Master’s degree in entomology (working in the cranberries!) and pursue a career in fruit crop extension.